Alistar vs Nami — Support Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Alistar against Nami · 52.16% win rate over 3,100 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Alistar is favoured — Alistar owns 5 of the 7 game windows to Nami's 2. Alistar wins 52.16% of games vs Nami in support (3,100 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1NamiNami's L1 bubble and W poke out-trade your melee range, keeping her ahead.
Level 2NamiAt L2 her Aqua Prison can interrupt your knockup, so she holds the spike.
Level 3AlistarBy L3 her immobility lets your guaranteed W-Q dominate, favouring you.
Levels 4-5AlistarThrough L4-5 you walk down her squishy poke and land engages, keeping you ahead.
Level 6AlistarAt L6 your R dive beats her disengage once bubble is down, favouring you.
First itemAlistarFirst-item, your unconditional CC out-values her skillshot peel, keeping you ahead.
Two+ itemsAlistarLate, her lack of mobility lets your picks decide fights, so you stay favoured.

Early game (levels 1–5)

L1-2 Nami out-trades you: Aqua Prison can bubble you out of your combo and Ebb and Flow pokes while healing her ADC, so soak damage with your bulk and wait for her Q to miss.

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The full Alistar vs Nami report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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